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Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · 16h ago

It’s allliiive! 👻 Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social for accepting my wee ghost story and to my pals at @smokelong.bsky.social summer for all their generous feedback. Also a wee bit in love with @catminart.bsky.social’s artwork!

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · 16h ago

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “For us guests of the first Academy Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel” by @louisehurrell.bsky.social is now up! Art by @catminart.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/10/12/f...

Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 3d ago

One more day to submit! Yall got this! #writingcommunity #poetry

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · last wk.

’I put on my satin dress, slid it over my secrets, over underwire and lace.’ I loved this! So many gorgeous sentences in this incredible flash.

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · last wk.

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Prom Queen in a Podunk Town” by @minathorsen.bsky.social is now up! Art by Madason McCombs flash-frog.com/2026/10/05/p...

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2w ago

I've got 4 free spots to give away for this for low income writers. If this is you, please DM me and I'll get you signed up! Everyeone else, I'd be grateful if you could share so this gets to the right people. I'll even throw in a free spot for someone (picked out the hat) who does just that!

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is coming up in a couple of weeks. Still time to join if you want to spend 90 minutes with me thinking about classic time, summary time, slowed time, memory time, dream time, fantasy time and how to use them all in your writing to create the most evocative effect.

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our next sub call creeps ever closer and it's our first for horror only 🦝 We want biohazards and our sub call page has inspirational images and ideas. Unleash your dark biology...call open 27th Sept to 11th Oct and publishes on All Hallows Eve trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #submissioncalls

Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi everyone! That cute little girl in the lower left? That's me. Damn, but I wish I still had that shirt! Anyway, I'm reading along with these other fine readers today at 2 PM Eastern (7 PM BST). Tickets are free, but you have to book them at the link Debbi provides below. See you there!

Debbi Voisey@dublinwriter.bsky.social · 3w ago

First half readers at #WritersReading Thur 24th at 7pm. Lindy Newns (featured reader) Ian Coldicott @marionlougheed.bsky.social @lmbayley.bsky.social @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social Get your free ticket for the audience at the link - and please share this post and the link buytickets.at/dublinwriter...

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · 4w ago

What a fun surprise to wake up to! Sarah did such a brilliant job crafting something beautiful from my inane ramblings. Thanks to @s2fjournal.bsky.social for the nod and congrats to all the other nominees! 🥳

Spark to Flame@s2fjournal.bsky.social · 4w ago

Congrats to our @sundresspub.bsky.social Best of the Net 2027 nominations! #bestofthenet #writingcommunity #poetry #botn

Spark to Flame is so excited to have nominated the following pieces for Best of the Net, 2027:
Issue Six
“We Write What We Know” by Nathan McDowell and Neal Allen Shipley
“Aurora” by Sarah Watkins (Flame) and Louise Hurrell (Spark)

Issue Seven
“A Brother’s Gotta Tell Me Goodbye” by Ryan McCarty (Flame) and Dylan Night (Spark)
“Lost Sea” by Michael Kellichner (Flame) and Sorren Briarwood (Spark)
Congrats to all.

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · last mo.

Thanks again to the team at @trashcatlit.bsky.social for accepting my wee flash. Had waaaay too much fun with the prompts!

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.

Our Saturday spotlight from the current issue is a quietly sinister flash from @louisehurrell.bsky.social 🦝 We loved how this one slyly evolves into something else, how sororal "love" is deformed, and how beauty consumerism is explored throughout Read & listen trashcatlit.com/the-best-thi...

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · last mo.

‘He is on her sticky-fingered, weaving into the finest wisps at her nape and yanking as he burrows, breathes deep…’ Brilliant piece by @erinbondo.com !

Erin Bondo@erinbondo.com · last mo.

So pleased 'Imposter Mama' has been published with @lostballoon.bsky.social after making the Bridport Prize shortlist last year 🥰 Thanks to Chelsea and Madeline for giving it the perfect home, give it a read friends!!

Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · last mo.

Dear everyone Hi, hi. Did you hear? Our new issue is out filled with tiny treasures to fill and ache your beautiful heart. Reclaim your time. Spend it in places that aim to restore you. Sincerely, old auntie TiaC. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

Enter Leaving, Temple in a City literary journal

Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm currently scheduling readings for 2027 and would be delighted to hear from any lit/book fests in the U.K. that might be able to offer me a slot. I've a decent track record and I don't require travel expenses from Spain. And I promise not to scare off audiences who think poetry's not for them!

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.

There are now just four days left on our inaugural prose poem call 🦝 Send us your lyrical littles, your metaphor driven micros, your poetically seasoned prose... Theme is a celebration of tenacity and difference, of thriving and hope, for Jimothy 💜 trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...

Call for Prose Poems

Jimothy, the Seattle trash cat with short spine syndrome, has taken the internet by storm. We obviously love how adorable he is with his squished-up body and cheeky scamper, but also how incredibly…

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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · last mo.

A tiny heartache of a micro by @louisehurrell.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

Published in Temple in a City literary journal

Birth announcement micro fiction by Louise Hurrell. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue

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Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · last mo.

So excited to be in the latest issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social! Thanks to Eirene for publishing Birth Announcement and to my @smokelong.bsky.social MMM group for all their amazing feedback!

Temple in a city@templeinacity.bsky.social · last mo.

Well hello good people. We’re excited to hand you our latest issue. Please swim in and enjoy templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · last mo.

‘With the pole-handled leaf net, he is heroic, can pluck up dragonflies where they light to sip water, and replace them on a leaf before they know what’s happened.’ What a gorgeous, subtle flash! Now to grab myself an iced tea…🧋

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · last mo.

"Each time he ascends from the water he glistens, stands a moment on the concrete, sparkling." The Pool Boy by Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/04/t...

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · last mo.

So, so happy my flash ‘The Best Thing I’ve Ever Done’ is in Trash Cat Lit’s latest Prompted Story issue! 🤩 Check out all the brilliant stories here:

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.

Our Autumn Prompted Story issue is LIVE! 🦝 13 flash fiction written to blind-chosen prompts. Grab a cuppa and snacks, sit back and immerse yourself in the imagination and creativity of our 12 contributors 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... @joycebingham.bsky.social @jessebinger.bsky.social 1/2

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · last mo.

Lovely thread by Linda. The online lit community has been a godsend these last few years for me.

Linda M. Bayley@lmbayley.bsky.social · last mo.

I think the online lit community is the best thing that's ever happened to me as a writer. In the early 90's I knew there was a conversation going on, and I wanted to be part of it, but it seemed to only be in the Canadian print journals. I couldn't afford to read them all. 🧵

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.

New issue is live in 2 days, have a triple tease 🦝 @amberken.bsky.social MC goes into labour at an awkward time, but where, and when? @sflayzell.bsky.social MC is on a vital mission; she'll need to change to complete it @louisehurrell.bsky.social MC shows her sister love in an unconventional way

Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Suggestion: write a poem with a friend. (Then submit it to us 😎)

Spark to Flame@s2fjournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Submissions are open! www.s2fjournal.com/submit/ #writingcommunity #poetry

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Delighted to be in the company of so many brilliant writers!

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here They Be. Our contributors to our second Prompted Stories issue, and a cracking bunch they are too 🦝 Issue goes live on 2nd September. See you there 💜 @jessebinger.bsky.social @joycebingham.bsky.social @zmbreneman.bsky.social @chrisdotydunn.com @louisehurrell.bsky.social 1/2

Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I need to shift 50 last tickets for my Edinburgh Fringe show to almost break even. I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in the Scots language. I’ve got a show on Fri 21 and Sun 23. Reposts would go a long way. Thx ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 2mo ago

What innocence? Whose guilt? What eyes? Whose breast? Crumpled orphan, nembutal bed, white hearse, Los Angeles… —Edwin Morgan, “The Death of Marilyn Monroe” from CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020 The funeral of Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) took place #OTD, 8 August, 1962 #poetry

Edwin Morgan
The Death of Marilyn Monroe

What innocence? Whose guilt? What eyes? Whose breast?
Crumpled orphan, nembutal bed,
white hearse, Los Angeles,
DiMaggio! Los Angeles! Miller! Los Angeles! America!
That Death should seem the only protector –
That all arms should have faded, and the great cameras and lights
become an inquisition and a torment –
That the many acquaintances, the autograph-hunters, the
inflexible directors, the drive-in admirers should become
a blur of incomprehension and pain –
That lonely Uncertainty should limp up, grinning, with
bewildering barbiturates, and watch her undress and lie
down and in her anguish
call for him! call for him to strengthen her with what could
only dissolve her! A method
of dying, we are shaken, we see it. Strasberg!
Los Angeles! Olivier! Los Angeles! Others die
and yet by this death we are a little shaken, we feel it,
America.
Let no one say communication is a cantword.
They had to lift her hand from the bedside telephone.
But what she had not been able to say
perhaps she had said. “All I had was my life.
I have no regrets, because if I made
any mistakes, I was responsible.
There is now – and there is the future.
What has happened is behind. So
it follows you around? So what?” – This
to a friend, ten days before.
And so she was responsible.
And if she was not responsible, not wholly responsible, Los Angeles?
Los Angeles? Will it follow you around? Will the slow
white hearse of the child of America follow you around?

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Amelie

Alt: Amelie (2001). Amelie, played by Audrey Tatou, holds up a silver spoon. She’s about to break the top of a crème brûlée

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Jennifer 📚🎧❣️@jdawson001.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 3mo ago

... two others makes this doubly special. I've been so inspired by @smokelong.bsky.social's generosity that I want to fund an additional spot for my next WBTL course in Nov. If you're a low-income writer who'd like to benefit from this, please register interest here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

WBTL Courses: FREE PLACES FOR LOW INCOME WRITERS

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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

‘So, is it any wonder he’s whipped away by a north-easterly wind, rising up, up, up, surrendering to the draft, and landing on this exact spot in 1993?‘ Gorgeous flash by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ICYMI we're thrilled to be featuring Kyle as Kite by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy

Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

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Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

‘You will wrap tiny fingers around my thumb, blink up at me with eyes ancient as starlight, and I will whisper fragile promises’ beautiful and heart-breaking CNF @tracieadams.bsky.social

Tracie Adams@tracieadams.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Special pub day for me. This CNF was workshopped in @smokelong.bsky.social (thanks peeps) and written in honor of my youngest daughter— we recovered from our eating disorders together. Thanks to Bright Flash Literary Review for publishing Rebirth. brightflash1000.com/2026/06/05/r...

Louise @louisehurrell.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lovely wee stroll this Friday lunchtime

Baby blue forget-me-nots stretching into the background

Small, white hawthorn (?) flowers dangling from a branch

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Now that I've done my tax return and seen how much tax I have to pay 😬, I'm having a slight panic attack 😬😬😬 Need to get on with earning some money 😶 (because apparently money 💰 doesn't grow on trees 🌳) Very grateful to anyone who wants to work with me and help me feel a little less stressed 😃